Dennis Dunaway and Rockin' Reggie have released a new song paying tribute to Detroit legend Suzi Quatro to mark her 70th birthday. The song is called 'Motor City Bad Girl' and be streamed below. Suzi, who has lived in the UK for many years but came out of the same Detroit scene as the Coopers, was a trailblazer for women in rock and is best known for a string of hit singles in the mid-seventies as well as regularly appearing on the classic sitcom 'Happy Days'. She was also the opening act on the 'Welcome To My Nightmare' US tour. A new film biography called 'Suzi Q' has been doing the rounds at film festivals for the last year or so and features Alice and manager Toby Mamis.

In other Dennis news, with the Sweden Rock Festival cancelled this year the organizers are going online and will be streaming concerts and interviews on radio channel Sveriges Radio P4 from this Friday with full concert recordings airing on Saturday including Blue Coupe's epic show from last year which included guest Ryan Roxie. A detailed schedule is now available here.

This years Record Store Day has been split into three separate events due to the coronavirus pandemic. This means that the Alice Cooper live record from Glasgow in 1982 has been put back until October 24th. The other record store dates are August 29th and September 26th.

This Weeks Interviews2020-05-30 13:29:55

Last night Alice was interviewed by Lzzy Hale of Halestorm as
part of "We Are Here, On The Air' which was raising money for the Musicares charity. The interview begins around one hour into the show which you can watch here.

Nita Strauss is interviewed on the 'MetalSucks' podcast which you can listen to here. This one starts around 30 minutes into the show.

Ryan Roxie's guest on "in The Trenches' this week was Guy Griffin from Quireboys which you can watch here.

This Weeks Happenings2020-05-22 00:29:38

Alice has been amusing himself with interviews over the last week including AXS.TV's 'At Home And Social With' show, the Don Jamieson ('That Metal Show') podcast, and a text interview for AZ Centralwith talk about 'Detroit Stories' and this years Christmas Pudding.

In case you couldn't spot yourself in the 'Don't Give Up' video AliceCooper.com has posted every photograph sent in, so you can have fun trying to spot yourself there now!

If you have missed any of the Alice Cooper 'Vintage Vault' podcasts you can listen to them all here. The latest has Alice talking to, and about, Johnny Depp.

Ryan Roxie has been busy online as usual with this week's 'In The Trenches' featuring The Lost Angels' including Eric Dover and John Corabi, while the 'Sunday Livestream Sunday' featured a guest appearance from Nita Strauss along with the usual fun and performances. Ryan is also the subject of an hour long interview at '9.42' which you can listen to here.

Damon and his bandmates Jarred Pope and Robbie Harrington will perform a livestream set from Nick Raskulinecz's Rock Falcon Studio in Nashville, TN on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 8PM Eastern/7PM Central. The show will be a ticketed event through 'VEEPS', and tickets are limited. Damon says: "This will be a one of a kind event, featuring a performance of a brand new song from my upcoming album. We're thrilled to perform again as a unit, while practicing safe distancing in these times of the pandemic." Tickets are on sale now here.

Louder.com has posted a long article about the 'Billion Dollar Babies' album that originally appeared in Classic Rock back in 2004.

Blue Coup - Keep Rollin' On2020-05-18 17:00:40

Don't Give Up2020-05-15 10:30:59

The new Alice Cooper single. 'Don't Give Up', went live on streaming services at midnight and you should now be able to watch the official video above. The video was made in lockdown featuring photos sent in by fans to illustrate the lyrics to the songs and also features the current band! A limited edition vinyl picture disc will be released on August 14th and is now available to pre-order (click the earMusic link).
Tonight (Friday) at 6PM EST Alice and Dennis Dunaway will feature on SiriusFM channel 'Ozzy's Boneyard' to premiere the song and talk to Keith Roth about what they have been up to the last few weeks. They will also play Blue Coupe's 'Hallow's Grave' (featuring Alice). The show should be repeated several times if you miss it. Outside the USA it *appears* you can listen online at https://player.siriusxm.com/ if you select to start free trial (no card details needed). Just do a search for 'Ozzy's Boneyard'. It's unclear how long that 'free trial' lasts though.

Earlier this week Betty Wright, Soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist passed away. Betty dueted with Alice on 'No Tricks', the B-side to 'How You Gonna See Me Now' in 1978.

Phoenix New Times interviews Alice on how he and the family have been entertaining themselves in lockdown.

The last remaining April Alice Cooper shows now have new dates but The Grand Rapids show is now cancelled. The Milwaukee show is rescheduled for November 10th, Omaha will be November 13th, and finally Seattle will be on November 30th.

Ryan Roxie interviewed band mate Chuck Garric on 'In The Trenches' this week and you can watch the show now on YouTube. It's a great interview with lots of stories about a young Chuck starting out in the music industry. A part 2 is promised.

Beast Blanco (Calico, Chuck and Chris) also show up on the 'Tru Rock Revival Magazine' podcast which you can watch on facebook here.

Monday May 18th would have been the day that Blue Coupe, with Tish and Snooky, would have been performing on the Silja Rock Cruise, but since that was cancelled they are releasing a 'Stay Home Video' of "Keep Rollin' On". It will debut on Monday at noon eastern time and will hopefully be on Spotify etc as well. Keep an eye on Facebook for links when it goes live.

There's a new trailer video for the Suzi Quatro documentary 'Suzi Q' which features Alice. Suzi is of course an old friend from the Detroit days and the 'Welcome To My Nightmare' tour.

Glen Sobel and Orianthi appear in a new lockdown video for the Beatles 'Let It Be' to raise funds for the MusiCares Relief charity. The song features a huge list of musicians, way to long to list here.

Weekly Round Up2020-05-09 10:35:40

Alice Cooper will be one of many acts to take part in this weekends 'Lighthouse Live' streaming event. This is a 12 hour marathon livestream featuring dozens of Detroit related musicians aiming to raise money for homeless children, families and individuals in the south east of Michigan. You can tune in via YouTube or Facebook (links to be announced on their site) today between 2PM and 2AM local time with Alice set to show up around the 6PM mark (10PM UK time I think).

Beasto Blanco were livestreaming earlier this week, performing an excellent three song set for German media. Unfortunately the actual livestream was region locked, but it's available now for everyone to see now at Magenta Musik. Well worth watching. Chuck Garric will also be the next guest on Ryan Roxie's 'From The Trenches' podcast this Tuesday at 5PM UK time.

The Cooper family also posted a truly brilliant lockdown video in place of the cancelled Alice Cooper 2020 golf tournament. You can also watch it below.

Dennis Dunaway has posted the 4th and final part of his Manchester trip blogs which you can check out here. He will also be taking part in an interview with Alice for 'Ozzy's Boneyard' on Sirius XM radio which should air on Friday May 15th to coincide with the release of the new Alice Cooper single 'Don't Give Up'.

Nita Strauss has been talking to Ultimate Guitar and Metal Injection about playing with Alice, the lockdown, and her forthcoming second solo album, which is set to feature a couple of guest vocalists. She's hoping this will be released before the end of the year.

Don't Give Up!2020-04-30 22:46:57

Alice Cooper.com has just announced that a new song, entitled 'Don't Give Up', will be released on May 15th, and they want fans help in making a video to go with it! They've posted the lyrics to 'Don't Give Up' and want photos or short video clips of YOU holding up a sign featuring one word from the lyrics. You can enter as many times as you wish for a chance to be seen in the official promotional video of the song. Full details and entry form are up on AC.com now so get going! Entries must be in by Monday.
Here's Alice's announcement in full:

"I know these times are hard, but there is hope and together we will win.
I wrote a new song, "DON'T GIVE UP" coming MAY 15 and I want ALL OF MY MINIONS to be a part of this special song! Share a photo or video of you holding a sign featuring A WORD FROM THE LYRICS to the song and you could be in the final video.
Preview the lyrics + submit your photo at www.AliceCooper.com

GB Memorial Mural2020-04-30 11:48:19

Dennis Dunaway emailed to let us know that Tommy Gwinn, an artist in Tempe, AZ, is painting a public mural as a memorial to musical artists who grow up in the Phoenix area and wants to include a portrait of Glen Buxton in the work. He is crowd funding to get this to happen and is already half way to his goal so lets get this done! You can pledge any amount and every bit will help to reach the target so Glen is permanently memorialized in his home town. You can help out here.

Dennis has also posted part three of his Manchester chronicles which you can check out here.

According to Ticketmaster the Grand Rapids show has now been cancelled.

Nita Strauss has launched a new online guitar course, 'Rock Guitar Fundamentals', at IWannaPlayGuitar.com. The course's three modules cover complete beginners through to those wanting tips on how to play like Nita, and currently is on offer for half price!

Alice Cooper has posted a short video marking the 40th anniversary of the 'Flush The Fashion' which you can see here.

Ryan Roxie's latest 'In The trenches' features and interview with himself! Check it out here. Next up Ryan will be interviewing Hanoi Rocks frontman and huge Alice fan Michael Munroe.

Alice pops up briefly in a new Winger video for 'Better Days Coming' which you can watch here. The video features a total of 24 guests including Alice, as well as Jeff Scott Soto, Alan Parsons, Klaus Meine, and dozens of Winger fans.

Rescheduled Dates2020-04-25 13:23:58

Over the last week many of the previously postponed shows have now received new dates either via AC.com, Ticketmaster or individual venue sites. As far as I have been able to put together the changes are as follows:

Original tickets for all shows *should* be valid for the new dates. The April 22nd show in Portland is now marked as cancelled on the venue website, which leaves just four shows from the original schedule not either cancelled or having a new date: Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, Omaha, and Seattle. There's no firm news on the Hollywood Vampires European shows yet, but the Lowlands Festival in August has been cancelled so that's one show gone.

If you missed Ryan Roxie's 'In The Trenches' chat with Kane Roberts you can watch it on YouTube, as well as another episode featuring Airboune's Joel O'Keeffe which was recorded during the Australian shows in February. Ryan will be back again tomorrow for 'Sunday Livestream Sunday' at 5pm UK time.

Dennis Dunaway has posted the second part of his Manchester trip blog which you can read here. If you missed part on it's here.

Nita Struass will be taking over the Ibanez Instagram channel on Monday posting videos, photos and anything else she can think off.

New Goon Squad Video2020-04-20 13:50:32

Ryan Roxie's 'Sunday Livestream Sunday' yesterday featured something a little bit special, the debut of a new version of the Stooges classic 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' by 'The Goon Squad' which features Roxie, Chuck Garric, Tommy Henriksen and Glen Sobel. Recorded this week while everyone was in isolation the recording was made as a tribute to New York punk stylist Jimmy Webb who passed away on April 14th. Webb was best known for his work as a manager/buyer at the punk shop 'Trash & Vaudeville' and as the owner of the rock clothing shop 'I Need More' which was frequented by a long list of music legends in cluding Alice and the band. You can read more about Jimmy, including other tributes, at Billboard.
You can watch the full podcast video from yesterday here, while the Goon Squad video itself can be seen here. The song itself will be released shortly with profits going to a NY charity. Ryan's next 'In The Trenches' interview will be with Kane Roberts and will air Tuesday evening.

Alice's appearance on the livestremed Detroit Music Awards yesterday was short and sweet, and featured Alice presenting two awards including one to himself for the 'Breadcrumbs EP'! You can watch teh full show here, with Alice showing up around 1 hour 17 minutes into it. They also show the lyric video for 'Detroit City 2020' which is also used over the end credits.

Tour Dates 2020
(Subject To Change)

North American Tour 2020:

All shows between March 31st and April 22nd have been postponed, with new dates arranged in November.

31st March - Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, ON - Postponed until November 6th

1st April - Memorial Centre, Peterborough, ON
- Postponed until November 7th

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